DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/02 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.2 - - 88.8 - - 83.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - -21 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1838 - - 1700 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 923 - - 923 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2727 - - 2589 - - 939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2411 - - 5411 - - 1514 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 215 - - 148 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 18 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 248 - - 239 - - 210 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1501 - - -1830 - - -1392 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4228 - - 4420 - - 2331 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4470 - - -4700 - - -4599 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7197 - - 7289 - - 5538 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 77 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3030 - - 3120 - - 3980 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.2 - - 88.8 - - 83.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 72.5 - - 72.2 - - 75.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 88.0 - - 89.6 - - 85.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 71.1 - - 70.9 - - 75.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - -21 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1838 - - 1700 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 51 - - 9 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 20 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99023 9 113 11 155 3 157 99023 91593 10 092 5 185 5 036 91593 85852 7 070 2 119 7 061 85852 81074 7 057 6 085 7 073 81074 76960 8 049 6 055 7 065 76960 73341 5 021 5 055 7 039 73341 70078 4 343 6 336 8 008 70078 67086 3 349 3 311 4 339 67086 64316 5 299 8 284 10 324 64316 61645 4 318 11 237 15 289 61645 58883 10 319 9 283 16 264 58883 56028 20 300 17 286 18 288 56028 53314 34 281 30 282 26 270 53314 50883 42 282 40 289 44 300 50883 48702 54 287 60 283 57 290 48702 46717 63 285 65 283 63 291 46717 44884 69 287 70 292 68 294 44884 43183 71 288 77 294 71 296 43183 41593 68 287 79 294 73 296 41593 40100 61 283 75 293 73 296 40100 38689 52 273 69 293 71 295 38689 37325 51 266 61 289 66 294 37325 35938 51 266 52 281 61 292 35938 34499 47 266 49 276 56 287 34499 33011 46 262 49 267 52 282 33011 31458 46 263 47 266 50 275 31458 29825 44 266 43 270 49 272 29825 28114 41 270 39 270 47 272 28114 26321 36 273 34 269 44 274 26321 24449 35 267 37 267 41 277 24449 22503 35 264 34 264 36 265 22503 20483 37 264 35 265 37 260 20483 18382 37 260 37 265 35 266 18382 16244 35 256 35 259 28 270 16244 14187 28 265 25 260 20 274 14187 12317 26 270 22 266 17 277 12317 10648 25 266 22 266 16 274 10648 9160 23 256 25 256 17 264 9160 7832 23 255 26 254 18 258 7832 6650 24 256 26 257 21 243 6650 5601 29 260 28 255 26 241 5601 4675 31 260 28 251 26 241 4675 3855 29 255 27 249 26 237 3855 3119 27*253 26*246 25 231 3119 2467 23*251 21*241 23 226 2467 1922 18 247 20 240 21 223 1922 1502 17 247 18 239 19 221 1502 1214 15 247 16 238 14 216 1214 1039 14 246 14 237 11*215 1039 939 11 246 10 237 6*210 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography